Welcome all to the 89th round of the Dakka Painting challenge. For the unfamiliar, this is a friendly painting competition open to members of all skill levels and experience, whether your entry is your first or you thousand-and-first time painting miniatures. Each month, finished entries are collected into a thread where the community can vote on their favorite pieces, and those votes go towards an annual overall League that runs for 12 rounds.
This month, the theme is We Are Legion. We're looking for rank on rank of organised, disciplined and infinitely numerous troopers, the breat and butter of armies that spill out actoss the battlefield. There's no requirement to get multiple models painted, BUT for this month, I'm going to lift the 5-model limit for those that want to put a big ol' dent in the Pile of Shame. Get yer army-painting hat on and start churning out those soldiers!
How To Enter
- [SUSPENDED FOR THIS ROUND]. You may enter up to 5 MODELS as a SINGLE ENTRY, and are permitted one entry per member per month. If you enter multiple models, they should ideally be related in some way, such as part of the same squad, unit or scene if you are doing a diorama
- You MUST post a 'proof' picture of your entry in the thread of the state it was in before you started working on it; this must be either unassembled, unpainted, primed or coated a single colour. Entries that do not submit a valid Proof Picture will not be eligible for voting.
- After this, you may post WIP pictures in this thread and your own if you wish, and on completing the entry, you may post up to 6 final pictures IN THIS THREAD that will then be used for voting. Please note that pictures in a montage or collage picture will be considered individual images for this purpose, so while these types of presentation are certainly acceptable, please keep the image limit in mind when compiling them. For example, a collage of 5 images and one separate image would count as your 6 picture allowance.
So What Do I Win?
- Points... and points mean... bragging rights for the next month! Following the vote, points will be awarded to every entrant. This year, the Points you receive will be equal to the Percentage of Votes your entry receives in the final Voting thread; if you get 10%, you get 10 points, if you get 6% you get 6 points, so on and so forth.
These points will be used to form a league table, which will be updated month on month as the results come in.
How Long Do I Have?
This challenge begins 1st of July and will end at midnight BST on 31st July. After this, I shall compile the finished entries into a new thread, and voting will run for 5 days.
OK, the main entry is going to be the marines. The gaunts don’t really sell “legion” to me (but don’t let that stop you if you feel otherwise) I am going to see how many of the little buggers I can paint alongside the marines, and include them as a duel/diorama entry. 8 pictured here, but I picked up the combat patrol so have lots more where they came from.
@Para; you said you are lifting the 5 model rule in the flavor text, but not the list of official rules. Might want to edit that when you have a sec.
Ain't nobody getting me to badmouth Stormtroopers! It's rude!
I actually have a much more cunning plan. I've been painting a squad of Stormtroopers on the side since March that get a fifteen minute painting session two or three times a week. It takes a while, but it's a way of getting models painted. I'm no less patient with these troopers, so I'm really not bothered if the Snowtroopers don't quite make the deadline. Progress is progress.
Then I'll just not start the E-Web at all unless I have plenty of time left, suggest Big Guns Never Tire for next month's theme and get everyone to vote for that. Then I'll paint it next month. Easy!
Oh, I'm in. Enforcers. More bloody enforcers. Defender squad, kitbashed from left over bits, along with the promo sergeant. They're currently primed, and I'm off to Mantic in a couple of weeks so may get even more. Huzzah !
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Automatically Appended Next Post: And I second big guns never tire. Cos I'm going to buy me a big flying tank.
Nice one Josh! My eldest plays robot scum painted as SW Droids (Roger Roger). What scheme are you thinking for them?
@KC Celtos? Now there's a blast from the past! Love to see them!
I'll level with you, I was kind of dreading Legion winning the poll - I mean how do you work 'disciplined, orderly' troops into a Slaaneshi warband that's violently (literal, not figurative) individualistic, and the only miniatures I haven't converted into one-off weirdos are custom stuff from etsy or throwbacks to the 90s because I love retro? But then a couple of days ago fortune struck, in the form of a tv ad for Warhammer Imperium that got me thinking, oh what the heck, pick up issue one, it's a fiver and I can turn the marine into a fallen champion or something and probably use the Necron for random techy parts - and that made a connection in my brain to a distant memory of something that'll fit in perfectly:
Space Crusade Chaos Androids. Oh yes, bringing it back.
KidCthulhu wrote: I have two groups for my homebrew dungeon crawl that need work;
One group is about 8 Celtos Sirens I use as succubi with a leader converted from a Wrath of Kings model.
The other group is Ral Partha Drow and some GW dwarf miners I will use as Duergar.
In the unlikely case that you don't want to do all of those (of course you do!), paint them in order of appearance. Or alphabetical order. That seems fair, right?
KidCthulhu wrote:I have two groups for my homebrew dungeon crawl that need work;
One group is about 8 Celtos Sirens I use as succubi with a leader converted from a Wrath of Kings model.
The other group is Ral Partha Drow and some GW dwarf miners I will use as Duergar.
I agree that "both" is the correct answer.
inmygravenimage wrote:Nice one Josh! My eldest plays robot scum painted as SW Droids (Roger Roger). What scheme are you thinking for them?
My Cyphers are in a Tron-inspired dark blue, and the Marionettes are a light blue-grey. I'm considering attempting an NMM scheme going forward, but I'll have to do some testing to see if it's viable.
Turned out 8 geanstealer brood with missing leg or two, and 3 warriors with missing lower half and bases.
Will hide sculpting mistakes with terrain foliage.
As I'm sure you all know, Imperial spaceship crews often number in the tens of thousands. Once I've finished painting these, I'll only have 19,997 more to paint!
From left to right, we have:
Talisman: Astronaut
Rogue Trader Adventurers: Pilot Lorgar
Rogue Trader Adventurers: Ship's Officer
Back to the old Eldar... My entry is going to be this converted wraithlord, which I'll be painting as Iyanden, my reasoning is that the dead of craftworld Iyanden far outnumber the living, and so their wraith constructs are (relatively) legion. I'll be painting up a converted Iyanna Arienal to guide him as well.
I'll enter a legion from the Eastern lands of Middle-Earth, sent by the Dark Lord Sauron to destroy the kingdoms of Erebor and Dale in the north. Proof:
Here's hoping I can get all these Easterlings done. The banner guy is very much a stretch goal. The models themselves are not terribly complicated to paint to at least a good tabletop standard, so 12 of them in a month should be very doable.
Some progress... In desperate need of a proper camera and setup. Heavily doctored pic to half help with contrast and saturation
The gold and purple are proving delightfully better than expected for such a snivelling band of subordinates. Also only doing one of each mini... We may be legion, but we do not like duplicate minis
I will prime some 8th edition high elf spearmen they're still in storage, but I prepared some bases.
I wont be going for 56 lol, 20 rank & file ready spearmen would mean to stick to the table with a magic phase.
extra nuggie
I suppose I should take the opportunity to paint a whack of goblins… Alternatively I could just leave them to rot in a box for another 3 years… or five… I could leave them longer than five… happily.
Can’t say the prospect fills me with anything approaching enthusiasm. More of a dull duty like jury service or something.
Done! Got 11 not counting the terrain doodads.
Finally finished this rescue box! This was fun Airbrush pump broke and this guy did not get a light dusting.
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theCrowe wrote: I suppose I should take the opportunity to paint a whack of goblins… Alternatively I could just leave them to rot in a box for another 3 years… or five… I could leave them longer than five… happily.
Can’t say the prospect fills me with anything approaching enthusiasm. More of a dull duty like jury service or something.
theCrowe wrote: I suppose I should take the opportunity to paint a whack of goblins… Alternatively I could just leave them to rot in a box for another 3 years… or five… I could leave them longer than five… happily.
Can’t say the prospect fills me with anything approaching enthusiasm. More of a dull duty like jury service or something.
I don't think you are required to paint a whole boatload of models for this challenge. Just a few rank and file models would fit the theme just fine.
I’m the last vier gone overboard with what I planned to do for these things but this time I’ll go small, my entry for this month will be 5 regular mk6 marines from the age of darkness box to finish off the squad I started.
I should be able to power through them up until the details at least pretty quickly. Painting them in a metallic alpha legion scheme.
theCrowe wrote: I suppose I should take the opportunity to paint a whack of goblins… Alternatively I could just leave them to rot in a box for another 3 years… or five… I could leave them longer than five… happily.
Can’t say the prospect fills me with anything approaching enthusiasm. More of a dull duty like jury service or something.
I don't think you are required to paint a whole boatload of models for this challenge. Just a few rank and file models would fit the theme just fine.
Of course, you’re right. It’s more the feeling that this is an opportunity where I would be able to take advantage of a little community spirit to spur me on to complete another block of twenty gobos who haven’t seen the light of day since I burned out on goblins after doing about 80 of them. I’ve got some real old classics that maybe will finally see some paint if I quit moaning about it long enough to pull my paint brush out.
@Mothsniper: Great video, cheers. And spectacular nids! Love the wild colour.
They are legion, for they are six (and that's as big as a proper Slaaneshi squad should be anyway):
Ersatz Chaos Androids - the 'leader' with the eight-pointed star of chaos just like the one that appeared in White Dwarf, although inevitably for me it's more of an eight-pointed blob of chaos, but never mind. Nothing fancy on the paint job, I just did 'em as a batch over the past few days, although I am quite pleased with their 'numbers', using the chaos runes from The Lost and the Damned. I felt like the distinctive gauss barrels had to go, and since the GW store didn't have any easy (and cheap) sources of autoguns en masse, I used the front halves of Lego Star Wars blaster rifles, of which I've got like a billion spare anyway - they don't look much like the Space Crusade mini's rifle, but they don't look like Necron weapons either and that's the main thing. If you're wondering what's up with the feet and upper jaws being gold, just copying the original android's colour layout. I painted their 'guts' purple, on the theory that the mad chaos squat who created them (I'll probably convert him once we get the new squats) figured the easiest way to get a daemon to possess a machine was to stuff in just enough of a living victim to make it possess-able.
I'm not going to get a lot of painting time this month, so 'We are Legion' is a bit of a stretch, unfortunately...
I'll do (at least one) Stormcast Vindictors; I reckon they are massed battleline fighters, so probably work for the theme.
Proof pic of the one I'll definitely get done. I'll do another proof pic if I manage to build the rest of the unit!
I'm going to take the subjec title literally rather than the description, I'll paint some members of the fourth Legion. As many Iron warriors as I can manage this month, probably going for quantity rather than quality. Proof of the first lot, just what I have built at the moment, will try and focus on more line infantry if the models arrive on time
They have some basic silver basecoats added, hopefully ok for the challenge, hope to add more anyway.
And some progress on the first five
Just need some work on the black, a final wash and basing
Turns out I painted one of them already. But there’s plenty more in the unit so I’m just going to copy the scheme and finish it out. No command squad, sadly.
theCrowe wrote: Well if I’m gonna do this It’ll be these fellas.
Turns out I painted one of them already. But there’s plenty more in the unit so I’m just going to copy the scheme and finish it out. No command squad, sadly.
That movement tray brings back so many memories. You should flock those guys in goblin green.
Managed to get some hobby time in on my marines, all together and ready for priming when I finish work.
I have the next 2 days off and after doing all my testing on the first 5 members of this squad I’m somewhat confident I should be able to at least get these guys down to final details before I’m back at work on Thursday.
theCrowe wrote: Well at least if I don’t find time to paint the goblins I know I’ll get at least one vote for a painted and flocked movement tray.
Gobin looks good as well.
Almost the entirety of my WHFB time was in 5th, and we played a TON. Everyone (except bretonians) used those green trays. They are so distinctly retro. I might no recognize the scupts, buy you rank them up on one of those and I’m right back in the mid 90’s.
I have the first set of Marionettes finished apart from basing:
I wanted to make them look reflective, but it didn't really work. I have some ideas for the next set, though, so hopefully they'll be closer to what I imagined.
Yeah they’re proper 80s old. Sticking them on a green movement tray actually makes them look younger!
Knowing my luck after I’ve done these next month’s theme will be “Age Before Beauty” or something. Actually that would still be ok, my pile could cope with that all year long.
Yeah they’re proper 80s old. Sticking them on a green movement tray actually makes them look younger!
Knowing my luck after I’ve done these next month’s theme will be “Age Before Beauty” or something. Actually that would still be ok, my pile could cope with that all year long.
Sometimes I need to slap myself about holding on to minis for the contest. “This guy would be great for topics X, Y, and Z”. No! Bad painter! Just paint it; you’ll have plenty of other things in the Pile of Shame for whatever comes up.
I will admit to offering suggestions for things I’ve got in the queue that I’d like to get done on poll vote ideas.
Yeah they’re proper 80s old. Sticking them on a green movement tray actually makes them look younger!
Knowing my luck after I’ve done these next month’s theme will be “Age Before Beauty” or something. Actually that would still be ok, my pile could cope with that all year long.
Yeah they’re proper 80s old. Sticking them on a green movement tray actually makes them look younger!
Knowing my luck after I’ve done these next month’s theme will be “Age Before Beauty” or something. Actually that would still be ok, my pile could cope with that all year long.
Sometimes I need to slap myself about holding on to minis for the contest. “This guy would be great for topics X, Y, and Z”. No! Bad painter! Just paint it; you’ll have plenty of other things in the Pile of Shame for whatever comes up.
I will admit to offering suggestions for things I’ve got in the queue that I’d like to get done on poll vote ideas.
I've been building a lot in the last week. Not sure how many I'll get done, and definitely not sure how many I'll get painted, but here we go.
HH Beaky Boi Marines! 10 Terminators and 20 Marines built and based so far.
Got some more hobby time in last night although I’m a little behind where I thought I would be it’s not too far behind.
Base colours are on and they are glossed ready for oils and transfers, hopefully will be able to start working on details late tonight once the transfers are set.
Man, I just moving at a snail's pace here. Having a hard time with my model selection. Maybe that's why they've been sitting unpainted for so long.
In less than the time it took me to finish these two, I banged out a Kislev hero for my friend's Warhammer RPG group.
I swear, I must have picked something I'm the least motivated to paint in this round.
I'm half tempted to say, "Screw it, here's another assortment of models I want to paint instead of these models I feel I have to paint."
Snail22 wrote: Kid, painting is not a 5am Calculus grind!
Though doing things for other people balances out what you wanted for even more extra painting!
Moving on when it's done is the way, but no one else is hoping you finish the whole everything this month lol.
Do what you can with the time and give it your all
Don't forget coffee before midday if you drink coffee.
Hopefully I find any time this month D: might have to be 5 at a time, we'll see.
Agreed. If it just feels like a job to get through your pile of endless possibilities, you shouldn't feel committed to it and try something more fun instead. I like to participate for the boost in motivation, but what's the point if that motivation just isn't there?
Reavsie wrote: Finished the Primaris Lieutenants. Couple pics are a bit blurry, typical that one of the clear ones shows a where I missed a spot
Photos always tend to bring out any little bit that you missed but you would never notice just looking at the model in the flesh, I always have trouble with things like that as well.
I was able to get some more hobby in after a couple of long days at work, not much left to go on these guys now, need to put a black wash over the metals and bolters, leather belts and the strap on one gun, eyes and highlights on the ribbing then it will be time to glue them on to bases. I think in the future I’ll be doing batches of 10 at least for basic marines.
WIP on test set of 5.
I don't know it must be the great models for underworlds they released lately are really great, but these guys have some feels to them lol.
Still need to
- respray all the bases
- figure out a few extra details on the models
Oh, where did half the month go Need to start and chose those three run-of-the-mill gangers, the foundation of House Cawdor and certainly legion, coming out of sewer pipes like the rats they adore (and send out with bombs on their back).
Not pictured my start with the first base colors yesterday.
Lovejoy wrote: I'm not going to get a lot of painting time this month, so 'We are Legion' is a bit of a stretch, unfortunately...
I'll do (at least one) Stormcast Vindictors; I reckon they are massed battleline fighters, so probably work for the theme.
Got one done!
And I enjoyed it so much, I've built more. Proof pic of the rest of the unit... fingers crossed I get time to paint them!
I'd like to withdraw my completed Lieutenants pic's please.
After some ongoing issues I have stripped all of my mini's painted with AP Speedpaint. Doesn't seem right to leave them as a completed entry when they are back down to bare plastic now.
There's still some time left this month so I would like to enter...
...you guessed it, a couple of Primaris Lieutenants!
I've been busy beavering (or should that be 'ratting') away at a whole bunch of skaven for my recent purchase of 1995's Warhammer Quest. Here's my proof pic to replace my previous proof for the eldar wraithlord and spiritseer. I also have the original set's plastic clanrats to paint - I'll post another proof of them if I get any of them done in time.
The pic is of all the skaven I'm painting (barring the clanrats), but I'll most likely be entering a lot fewer than there are in the pic. As it stands, I have about half of them half painted, I haven't started on the rat ogres, but Thanquol is virtually complete.
This is by far the most models I've attempted to paint in a month...
Boringstuff wrote: Nice dreads - why the same loadout on each one? Lascannons OP?
Same load out is because magnets. I just built the las cannons and fists, I’ll probably build the meltas and auto cannons as well, so I can mix and match…
Boringstuff wrote: Nice dreads - why the same loadout on each one? Lascannons OP?
Same load out is because magnets. I just built the las cannons and fists, I’ll probably build the meltas and auto cannons as well, so I can mix and match…
What size magnet you use? The new kit looms like it’s built for swaps at the elbow, but I’d worry about getting the right size in there and drooping barrels.
I have some minas tirith I need painting in a week. Fits right in with the challenge schedule so why not take part? They won't be anything special but they shall be done!
This was only 5 guys I know but I’ve finally finished an entry for one of these monthly painting threads. I have some terminators primed now but I don’t think I’ll be able to get those done before the end of the month.
So, a Legion of Enforcers:
Heavy Squad:
Assault Specialist (the gun) and Sgt Howlett, Enforcer promo character:
Ooh. Metal. Old school lol. Both very good in game, both oop.
Howlett adds 2 black command dice to your pool, hence the shoulder logos.
And kitbash Defender squad.
I'm so happy with these as they are literally built out of leftover scrap and got the Mantic seal of approval too And as a group.
As quick and dirty paint jobs, they do fine.
I kept the darks, er, darker than on the first set of five, but I don't think i've quite nailed the reflections.
I forced myself to go up to pure white for the highlights, and it kind of works. I think I need to do some more research and trials to really master Shiny. I'm pleased with the green glowy effects, though.
I have three drones assembled and primed. I hope to have them done in a day or two.
Been working on a new "legion" all month since what I intended to enter isn't sparking any joy.
I've taken proof photos as I go along, but I think I'll keep everything secret until the reveal (ie, the finished models and the proof photos in one post).
My gobos are coming on slowly but being away on holiday for 3 days isn’t helping. Just eyes and toenails to do anyway and to be honest I’m not even attempting anything more than table top quality for them. The challenge here was just to paint them at all.
I kept the darks, er, darker than on the first set of five, but I don't think i've quite nailed the reflections.
I forced myself to go up to pure white for the highlights, and it kind of works. I think I need to do some more research and trials to really master Shiny. I'm pleased with the green glowy effects, though.
I have three drones assembled and primed. I hope to have them done in a day or two.
Gotta say, your paint jobs have really been working for me recently. I'm particularly loving the placements of the highlights. That's something I'm still struggling with myself: where to place highlights on a slightly shiny/glossy surface. Of course, the green glow looks amazing, too.
I kept the darks, er, darker than on the first set of five, but I don't think i've quite nailed the reflections.
I forced myself to go up to pure white for the highlights, and it kind of works. I think I need to do some more research and trials to really master Shiny. I'm pleased with the green glowy effects, though.
I have three drones assembled and primed. I hope to have them done in a day or two.
Gotta say, your paint jobs have really been working for me recently. I'm particularly loving the placements of the highlights. That's something I'm still struggling with myself: where to place highlights on a slightly shiny/glossy surface. Of course, the green glow looks amazing, too.
Thanks. Much like every hobbyist, all I can see is the flaws, so it's great to get some feedback.
KidCthulhu wrote: Been working on a new "legion" all month since what I intended to enter isn't sparking any joy.
I know the feeling.
Looking forward to what it will be.
JoshInJapan wrote: Thanks. Much like every hobbyist, all I can see is the flaws, so it's great to get some feedback.
I'm not terribly comfortable critiquing other people's stuff, but since you asked, I like how the lighter highlights of the second batch give the top of the models and therefore the models as a whole a greater presence compared to the first batch. I don't know why you feel like you had to force yourself to go that light. It seems pretty natural to me. But of course tastes differ.
Crap, the month is almost gone. I need to get moving. Had big plans, but nothing finished yet. Just put a black wash down this morning. 3 out of 5 marines just past the basecoat stage, and 2 gaunts ready for details. Far short of where I wanted to be at this point.
I have a whole legion of stuff in the works, not sure where I'll get by the end of the month.
One dreadnought mostly built. I can't find any of my magnets to magnet the weapon arm options, so it's on standstill.
10 assault marines and a Lt built, not based yet.
20 Beaky Bois built, based, and primed
10 Terminators with basic base coating done. Need all the detail paint. 5 with guns and fists, 5 with Lighting Claws.
6 Vanguard Marines almost completely finished. They need a few minor details: Some final basing, paint a couple skulls, but in some grass tufts, etc., paint their squadron designations on the shoulder, put in some muzzle effect on the flamer barrel. I should be able to get these over the line at least.
48 models this month would be legion-dary, but 6 seems less so.
Slowly making progress on the Vindictors... just the metals, shields and bases to do, then add all the chips and grime, and they'll be done. Hopefully before the month ends!
I had a cool idea for this month's theme, but then I couldn't find the miniature I needed for it, so I'm going to enter this guy and hope I can get him done before the month is out.
Welp its been a long month but finally got some paint time in, some work in progress pics of the Kasrkin, one prewash, the other post wash. Still a ways to go - some drybrushing, highlights and basing of course, but minus the final varnish stage they should be done on time.
Scratch that, looks like the post wash image got lost in the uploading ether, if I remember I'll check my gallery after work and see if it has shown up.
Overall I'm happy with how they are turning out though, so yay to that.
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Finally got the post wash picture uploaded, so here it is. Still work in progress and all mind.
Too early for poll suggestions for next month? I'm still working my way through the ork kommandos box, so anything pertaining to subterfuge gets my vote.
For some reason 'Survivors' popped into my head about a week ago as a theme - not necessarily the most badass or legendary, but the stubborn sods who will, guaranteed, still be plugging away on the final turn when the rest of your army's been sent to meet its deity of choice.
KidCthulhu wrote: Man, I just moving at a snail's pace here. Having a hard time with my model selection. Maybe that's why they've been sitting unpainted for so long.
In less than the time it took me to finish these two, I banged out a Kislev hero for my friend's Warhammer RPG group.
I swear, I must have picked something I'm the least motivated to paint in this round.
I'm half tempted to say, "Screw it, here's another assortment of models I want to paint instead of these models I feel I have to paint."
Okay, so I officially went "Screw it, here's another assortment of models I want to paint instead of these models I feel I have to paint." So what have I been working on? Unsurprisingly, I've been converting & painting models of all the characters of the Warhammer RPG Discord I'm on.
How is this We Are Legion? Well, we tend to have a West March rotating player roster since scheduling is difficult. However, if all our players were able to make it to one game at the same time, we'd have a whole freaking regiment:
I've been taking photos as I've been going along all month and I just need to finish two of these models to complete this current "Legion". However, we've been gaining players faster than I can find/convert the models!
I decided to go for a unit of Milita/Astra Militarum/PDF that would be linked to my custom SM chapter (The Knights Sanguine), they are based on a medieval/feudal world that have been given what guns that could be spared from the chapters stores or built with what was available. so a bit of a rag tag bunch with a mix of medieval infantry armour and some basic guns.
Proof
They have all got some paint on now but not quite finished yet.
Here's my finished Imperial Snowtrooper for I Am Legion. It is conceivable but entirely unlikely that July didn't work out well for me. However any such suggestion would be a lie, slander and propaganda. I always meant to paint this and only this model.
So yeah, as I said earlier in the month, progress is progress. At least I managed to pin down the color scheme on one of the troopers so I can get the others done down the line. Sadly the rest of the squad didn't make it past the basecoat stage.
Big thanks to everyone taking part in these challenges driving us on to complete units (or parts of units) that we would otherwise neglect. If not for all of yous these venerable plastics would likely have remained in primer indefinitely.
To anyone glancing worriedly at the calendar and back to their unfinished minis, Crack on! These goblins aren’t good, but they’re painted! You can do it! You can do better! Best my mediocrity in votes I dare you!
Geifer wrote: Here's my finished Imperial Snowtrooper for I Am Legion. It is conceivable but entirely unlikely that July didn't work out well for me. However any such suggestion would be a lie, slander and propaganda. I always meant to paint this and only this model.
So yeah, as I said earlier in the month, progress is progress. At least I managed to pin down the color scheme on one of the troopers so I can get the others done down the line. Sadly the rest of the squad didn't make it past the basecoat stage.
A snowtrooper, but not on a snow base? That's unusual; dare I say...rebellious?
Geifer wrote: Here's my finished Imperial Snowtrooper for I Am Legion. It is conceivable but entirely unlikely that July didn't work out well for me. However any such suggestion would be a lie, slander and propaganda. I always meant to paint this and only this model.
So yeah, as I said earlier in the month, progress is progress. At least I managed to pin down the color scheme on one of the troopers so I can get the others done down the line. Sadly the rest of the squad didn't make it past the basecoat stage.
A snowtrooper, but not on a snow base? That's unusual; dare I say...rebellious?
Hehe. the rebellious thing is that in my Star Wars many planets aren't mono-biome affairs. Take for instance the never before heard of world Baelyin Three. It's a fertile world and the bulk of its exports is comprised of agrarian goods, but its capital is built in the frosty sub-polar region around fuel and mineral refineries that provide most of the planet's wealth. Night patrol is no joke without adequate protection, and the troopers stationed there certainly see their share of snow and are equipped accordingly. Yet manpower is limited and if an uprising were to threaten the farmlands, it may be necessary to pull troops out of the capital as quickly as possible with no time to refit them for a different environment.
There's also the more boring explanation from my Legion collection thread.
Geifer wrote: I gave basing on my Snowtroopers a good bit of thought and considered snow bases for a better fitting theme, but the squad seems to be very limited in how you can convert it. The other PVC models I've worked with so far are at least good for making three squads of troopers with some individuality on each model and not too much conversion required to get it, but I'm not sure I'd be able to do the same with Snowtroopers. And if I'm going to have only one squad and an E-Web down the line, there's no point in giving them different basing as I couldn't make a full army out of them.
On the bright side, I don't care for the look of armies that don't share basing, so at least I won't feel bad about mixing these guys in with the rest of my Imperials.
Going to the wire on this one. No way the other 2 guys from the marine squad are getting done (they are still bare primer) These are gaunts 3 and 4, the first 2 are waiting to be based.
Still need to do all the touchups and highlighting, plus decals and bases. But all the washes are done (except on the rifle arms, need to catch up on those).
Thanks, Geifer! It started off as a "Hey, I have a Kislev model and a spare spear hand that would make a good version of [redacted]'s character" and went on to "What models do I have to make everyone else?"
So... I changed my mind.
Legions of The Hand and SHIELD! I took the notion to do them. I was definitely inspired by some of the ways folk interpreted the contest to tackle it a different way, so these are my entry for this month, rather than the enforcers.
Hand Ninjas. Hi-ya, and so on.
Maria Hill and SHIELD agents. I know there's a lot of hate for the rope to nowhere but I'm a fan.
Nick and the Agents. Grunts are great!
I'm actually more sold on the Hand as a faction than SHIELD.
Done with the paint, just need to base and decal. That might run into tomorrow my time. Might needs a slight extension, not sure how the time zone math works out.
(darn things like mowing the lawn cutting into my weekend hobby time)
So many great entries so far. Especially the Stormcast shields and the their armor are so amazing.
As for me, instead of the "legion" of three I had planned, it's now only one He just clears the path with his blunderbuss for the legions of Cawdor that will follow
Temp pics, hope to get some better ones tonight, but we'll be off for a day trip soon and might not get better pics in:
Legions of the Emperor’s finest vs. endless legions of horrors from beyond the galaxy. Or at least a snippet of them.
I was hopeing to get the full 5 man marine squad done, and the 8 gaunts I have primed and ready, but that just didn’t happen. Oh well. Next month is going to just be a single model, so hopefully I can catch up.
Marines are the back half of the stalker bolt rife squad for my company. The guy with the pistol could step up and be an acting sarge if I needed 2x5 man squads, he’s got some hallmarks, but not the main one I use (gold chest eagle vs. grey/silver)
Gaunts are part of the rescue drop, so are not as cleaned up as I’d like. I went over them a little before priming, but it’s a lot harder to get mold lines off of built gribblies. But they are now ready to join the swarm. They should bring me to 37 out of the 70 termagaunts I have plans for in this paint scheme.
One more coat of varnish to go and I'll be done, should still be the 31st in my time zone at least when they are ready for photos, but if all else fails I have some photos from immediately before varnishing I can throw up pretty fast.
Health issues popped up again and severely limited my ability to paint. I managed to finish 1 model but let's be honest, I know it sucks. Back of a 40 man unit sucks. Feels almost insulting to post it compared to some of these great looking models but there's nothing more I could do. The model doesn't take a wash very well and could do with some more highlights at a minimum but that's for another day. At least I finished the challenge like I said and that's what mattered to me this month.
If possible, I’d like to upload tomorrow evening; I’ve got almost all of my models done apart from the bases on about half of them and I need time for the Astrogranite to set!
Jadenim wrote: If possible, I’d like to upload tomorrow evening; I’ve got almost all of my models done apart from the bases on about half of them and I need time for the Astrogranite to set!
Sorry for the poor proof picture. I got too excited when I picked up the kit the other day and built and dove into painting it almost immediately before snapping. So here's a box and then the airbrush basecoats!
Yo7 wrote: Health issues popped up again and severely limited my ability to paint. I managed to finish 1 model but let's be honest, I know it sucks. Back of a 40 man unit sucks. Feels almost insulting to post it compared to some of these great looking models but there's nothing more I could do. The model doesn't take a wash very well and could do with some more highlights at a minimum but that's for another day. At least I finished the challenge like I said and that's what mattered to me this month.
There's nothing insulting about getting paint on your models and doing as best as circumstances allow. Like you said, you got something done and that's what matters.
Yo7 wrote: Health issues popped up again and severely limited my ability to paint. I managed to finish 1 model but let's be honest, I know it sucks. Back of a 40 man unit sucks. Feels almost insulting to post it compared to some of these great looking models but there's nothing more I could do. The model doesn't take a wash very well and could do with some more highlights at a minimum but that's for another day. At least I finished the challenge like I said and that's what mattered to me this month.
There's nothing insulting about getting paint on your models and doing as best as circumstances allow. Like you said, you got something done and that's what matters.
Very much this. This guy started the month unpainted, now he's ready for the tabletop. That's a win in my book.
I'm going to have to withdraw. This month has been a bit busy IRL and I haven't put brush to paint since I posted the proof picture. Well done to everyone who did though, even if it is only a legion of one.
Here are my entries, they're part of a long term project to paint up an entire set of the 1995 edition of Warhammer Quest, plus the expansions and White Dwarf addons and all the released player characters, too.
I tried to paint the entire Skaven faction present in Warhammer Quest, plus the White Dwarf released extra quest. I didn't get very far in terms of completed models, but I pretty happy with the progress I've made this month (see pic below). I think in another month or so I could probably have them all completed. Depends how much time I have, of course.
KidCthulhu wrote: Nice job, Apoc! I recently got two WHQ sprues (with the rats) and Thanquol & Boneripper V1.0 myself.
Nice! I'd like Boneripper V1.0 (Boneripper 2.0 is in the photo), but can't really justify the outlay at the moment. Maybe one day I'll decide to collect a Skaven army and get all the new plastic sets
Final pics for the Milita/PDF that would be linked to my custom SM chapter (The Knights Sanguine), they are based on a medieval/feudal world that have been given what guns that could be spared from the chapters stores or built with what was available. so a bit of a rag tag bunch with a mix of medieval infantry armour and some basic guns which i think i managed to achieve The eyes went a bit wrong lol
Alternatively I could just leave them to rot in a box for another 3 years… or five… I could leave them longer than five… happily.
Need to start and chose those three run-of-the-mill gangers, the foundation of House Cawdor and certainly legion, coming out of sewer pipes like the rats they adore (and send out with bombs on their back).
